The tridimensional personality questionnaire as an instrument for screening personality disorders : use in patients with generalized anxiety disorder

Forty-eight patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) were administered the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ), and then they were interviewed by the means of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R Personality Disorders (SCID-II). Agreement between the two instruments abo...

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Published in:Journal of personality disorders 1995-09, Vol.9 (3), p.247-253
Main Authors: STARCEVIC, V, UHLENHUTH, E. H, FALLON, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Anxiety Disorders
Biological and medical sciences
Females
Interrater Reliability
Interviews
Males
Mathematics
Medical sciences
Patients
Personality
Personality Problems
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Questionnaires
Scoring
Screening Tests
Techniques and methods
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Summary:Forty-eight patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) were administered the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ), and then they were interviewed by the means of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R Personality Disorders (SCID-II). Agreement between the two instruments about absence of personality disorder (PD) was found in 30 patients. There were only 3 patients who were diagnosed with a PD on the basis of the TPQ scores but did not receive a SCID-II diagnosis of PD. The TPQ appears to have high sensitivity in detecting personality disorders (PDs) among GAD patients and it might be a useful screening instrument for PDs in patients with anxiety disorders in general. The paper also compares results of the two approaches to PD assessment in GAD patients: dimensional, as embodied in the TPQ; and categorical, as represented by the SCID-II and DSM-III-R.
ISSN:0885-579X
1943-2763
DOI:10.1521/pedi.1995.9.3.247